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Period 6 Poetry - 20 Questions
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5 Written Questions
A pause within a line of poetry.
A repetition of consonant sounds within words.
When an object/person is referred to by another object that is closely associated with it.
Non-literal speech used to achieve a special effect.
A word meaning how it sounds.
5 Matching Questions
Alliteration
Simile
Pun
Couplet
Elegy
a
A play on words.
b
A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds often using like or as.
c
A type of rhyme where first sounds are repeated in successive words.
d
A lament for the dead or a meditation on the thoughts that death arouses.
e
A stanza of two lines which usually rhyme.
5 Multiple Choice Questions
A four-line stanza or a complete poem.
Pun
Lyric
Stanza
Quatrain
Exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.
Symbol
Hyperbole
Lyric
Tercet
A division of a poem consisting of a series of lines often times with a reoccurring pattern or rhyme.
Symbol
Simile
Stanza
Pun
A long, narrative poem on a great and serious subject.
Epic
Lyric
Pun
Elegy
A poem written in the voice of a character assumed by the poet.
Quatrain
Lyric
Dramatic
Epic
5 True/False Question
Metaphor
→ When an object/person is referred to by another object that is closely associated with it.
True
False
Symbol
→ A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds often using like or as.
True
False
Analogy
→ A lament for the dead or a meditation on the thoughts that death arouses.
True
False
Assonance
→ A type of rhyme where vowel sounds are repeated.
True
False
Elision
→ The leaving out of an unstressed syllable or vowel, usually in order to keep a regular meter in a line of poetry.
True
False
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